I guess I always believed that as teachers, we were "smarter" than our non-educator peers. After reading this link I realized I was fooling myself and needed to expand my "education" beyond just language skills! http://www.scam.com/showthread.php?704348-Help-Expose-the-MSM-(Main-Stream-Media)-Deception-Send-this-link-to-your-friends!&p=1913124#post1913124

After you read this ask yourself this, as teachers do we limit our educational assistance to only language or do we at least warn others not run with scissors or eat juicy looking apples found in strange places? Many teachers preach the Bible but I think this topic is far more important and useful. So as of today, I will start teaching all my high school students not to believe all the "news" they see and hear and how to analyze and evaluate the source.

"After you read this ask yourself this, as teachers do we limit our educational assistance to only language or do we at least warn others not run with scissors or eat juicy looking apples found in strange places?"

As teachers we should do the job we were hired to do and not push our personal agendas onto the students under the guise of teaching. Not exactly a radical concept....or IS it?

I rather doubt your students are going to know or care and that's if they have the language skills to understand your point to begin with. I'd be careful with that if I were you. Questioning the news can be construed as challenging the national narrative in some countries

I've read your other posts and it appears that you think that always obeying the law is the right thing to do. Is there an instance, in your opinion, when breaking the law is justified?

Here is a case in point. My mother died and an incorrect name was registered against the plot of land in which she was buried. Later, a birth and death certificate were submitted as evidence that the registered name was incorrect and although this was accepted as proof, it is the law that the first name submitted must be retained and therefore, cannot be changed. We don't know who made the original mistake but to correct the name would be breaking the law.

If the registrar were to correct the name, he would be breaking the law but he has seen the evidence and knows that to do so would be the correct course to take. I can guess what you would do but I would take the common sense approach and change it.

As teachers we should do the job we were hired to do and not push our personal agendas onto the students under the guise of teaching. Not exactly a radical concept....or IS it?

I agree with Reilly here. I think the law has nothing to do with this, when it comes to the teacher imposing his subjective point of view on the students. Of course, it is often the case that conversations during the lesson are beyond the scope of the standard instruction. But it is not the reason to teach students things that are not in the competence of the teacher.

The teacher can express his point of view on some problem or subject of discussion, and provide arguments in defense of his views. But he has no right to impose his own worldview on everyone._________________Advertising is not allowed on the forum UJ